Prominent Church Launches Copyright Strike Against Apologist for Video Critical of Benny Hinn
A prominent apologist is crying foul after a ministry associated with Benny Hinn claims a copyright strike against him, unjustly targeting him on account of a video critical of the famed arch-heretic.
Jesus Image ministry is led by Jessica and Michael Koulianos, Benny Hinn’s daughter and son-in-law. Primarily based around a church by the same name from St Mary, Florida, they’ve consistently hosted a series of conferences, such as the upcoming Jesus 24 conference, where men like Benny Hinn will preach alongside Bethel’s Bill Johnson, Christine Caine, and Francis Chan.
After Winger released a four-hour-long blistering critique of Hinn, replete with multiple videos and commentary demonstrating that the money-grubbin’ heretic is a two-fold son of hell (Our description, not his), the video was struck by Jesus Image, removing monetization despite being the definition of fair use.
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It’s not the first time Winger has had to deal with copyright claims from bad actors, noting in an X comment:
“I made the mistake in the past of allowing Joel Osteen to make a copyright claim on a video and collect ad revenue. His ministry collected the ad revenue for 7 months (again, I didn’t care, nor did I even make it public) and then suddenly they used that same copyright claim to have my video removed from the internet. This is the issue I’m worried about now.
I will fight the claim because it can be used, at any point they choose, to silence my critique. I want to protect the content.
We’ve reached out to Jesus Image and will update this article accordingly.